1984–85 New Jersey Devils season

New Jersey Devils

Company type	Professional ice hockey team
Industry	Ice hockey
Predecessor	Colorado Rockies (NHL)
Founded	1982 (in New Jersey)
Headquarters	Newark , United States
Area served	National Hockey League

The 1984–85 New Jersey Devils season represented the franchise's 11th campaign in the NHL and its third year since moving from Colorado in 1982. For the seventh consecutive season, the squad failed to qualify for the postseason.

Offseason

Lou Vairo joined the coaching staff as an assistant to head coach Doug Carpenter, with the goal of enhancing team leadership and strategy.

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 12, 1984||7–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 13, 1984||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 16, 1984||4–6 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 19, 1984||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||October 20, 1984||3–8 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues ||2–3–0 |- |6||W||October 24, 1984||5–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins ||3–3–0 |- |7||L||October 25, 1984||2–11 || align="left"| New York Rangers ||3–4–0 |- |8||L||October 27, 1984||2–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers ||3–5–0 |- |9||L||October 31, 1984||6–7 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins ||3–6–0

|- |10||T||November 2, 1984||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota North Stars ||3–6–1 |- |11||L||November 3, 1984||4–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals ||3–7–1 |- |12||L||November 8, 1984||2–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers ||3–8–1 |- |13||T||November 10, 1984||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals ||3–8–2 |- |14||L||November 15, 1984||3–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins ||3–9–2 |- |15||L||November 17, 1984||0–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens ||3–10–2 |- |16||W||November 18, 1984||6–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers ||4–10–2 |- |17||L||November 21, 1984||1–8 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings ||4–11–2 |- |18||L||November 23, 1984||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars ||4–12–2 |- |19||W||November 24, 1984||5–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins ||5–12–2 |- |20||W||November 27, 1984||3–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars ||6–12–2 |- |21||W||November 29, 1984||2–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers ||7–12–2

|- |22||L||December 1, 1984||3–5 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks ||7–13–2 |- |23||L||December 4, 1984||1–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals ||7–14–2 |- |24||T||December 7, 1984||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames ||7–14–3 |- |25||L||December 8, 1984||3–7 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques ||7–15–3 |- |26||W||December 11, 1984||7–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders ||8–15–3 |- |27||T||December 13, 1984||4–4 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues ||8–15–4 |- |28|||W|||December|||15|||1984|||8-3|||align="left"|||Quebec Nordiques|||9-15-4| |- |29|||W|||December|||17|||1984|||5-2|||align="left"|||Edmonton Oilers|||10-15-4| |- |30|||W|||December|||19|||1984|||3-2|||align="left"|||@Pittsburgh Penguins|||11-15-4| |- |31|||L|||December|||20|||1984|||4-8|||align="left"|||@Philadelphia Flyers|||11-16-4| |- |32|||L|||December|||22|||1984|||3-5|||align="left"|||New York Rangers|||11-17-4| |- |33|||L|||December|||26|||1984|||3-5|||align="left"|||@Hartford Whalers|||11-18-4| |- |34|||W|||December|||27|||1984|||4-1|||align="left"|||Toronto Maple Leafs|||12-18-4| |- |35|||L|||December|||29|||1984|||1-2|||align="left"|||Buffalo Sabres|||12-19-4| |- |36||||L||||December||||31||||84||||6||||align="left"||||@Buffalo Sabres]||||12-20-4|

Regular season

Scoring

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Goaltending

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	80	22	39	61	105	-16	5	3	3
	LW/C	80	22	35	57	38	-18	10	0	2
	D	71	17	40	57	41	-20	8	0	2
	LW	80	17	37	54	69	-31	9	1	0
	RW	71	19	29	48	30	-10	5	0	2
	LW	79	24	19	43	28	-11	3	0	1
	RW	57	22	16	38	4	-11	6	0	1
	RW	78	15	18	33	162	-24	5	1	1
	RW	61	13	20	33	44	-11	1	0	4
	D	67	9	23	32	36	-22	3	1	0
	RW	74	12	19	31	53	-19	3	0	1
	C	71	11	20	31	22	-13	1	1	1
	D	53	5	24	29	70	-14	3	0	0
	RW	75	12	15	27	26	-24	(1)	(0)	(1)
	D       66       6       18       24       141       -45       2       0       0
LW               36               12               9               21               14             -14               5               0               0
D               66               4               16               20              110             -14

bgcolor=#DDDDFF width=10% Player	width=3% bgcolor=#DDDDFF title=Minutes played MIN	width=3% bgcolor=#DDDDFF title=Games played GP	width=3% bgcolor=#DDDDFF title=Wins W	width=3% bgcolor=#DDDDFF title=Losses L	width=3% bgcolor=#DDDDFF title=Ties T	width=3% bgcolor=#DDDDFF title=Goals against GA	width=3% bgcolor=#DDDDFF title=Goals against average GAA	width=3% bgcolor=#DDDDFF title=Shutouts SO
2884 |51 |15 |27 |5 |200 |4.16 |0
1326 |26 |6 |11 |4 |85 |3.85 |1
645 |13 |1 |10 |1 |54 |5.02 |0
4855 |80 |22 |48 |10 |339 |4.19 |1

Abbreviations: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts

Draft selections

The New Jersey roster of draftees from the 1984 NHL entry draft, which took place at the Montreal Forum:

Round	Pick	Player	Country	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Kirk Muller	Canada	Laval Voisins (QMJHL)
2	23	Craig Billington	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
3	44	Neil Davey	Canada	Michigan State (CCHA)
4	74	Paul Ysebaert	Canada	Petrolia Jets (WOJBHL)
5	86	Jon Morris	United States	Chelmsford High School (USHS-MA)
6	107	Kirk McLean	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	128	Ian Ferguson	United States	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
8	149	Vladimir Kames	Template:TCH	HC Dukla Jihlava (Czechoslovakia)
9	170	Mike Roth	United States	Hill-Murray High School (USHS-MN)
10	190	Mike Peluso	United States	Greenway High School (USHS-MN)
11	211	Jarkko Piiparinen	Template:FIN	Kiekko-Reipas (Finland)
12	231	Chris Kiene	United States	Springfield Olympics (NEJHL)

See also

• 1984–85 NHL season